Word: bias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most students said they do not believe the gender imbalance is a result of bias in the Phi Beta Kappa selection process...
...advertisement was flanked by a Times article headlined, "62 Top Colleges Endorse Bias In Admissions," which caused controversy among the statement's signatories...
...think it was unfortunate," Rudenstine said. "I don't think any of the universities thought they were talking about a bias...
After today's Times headline, James H. Rowe III, vice president for government, community and public affairs, said he was irritated by the use of the word "bias" to describe the statement...
...Faculty and curriculum in some ways, there is much more that the University could do. In many students' minds, the inability of the University to meet its self-prescribed standards, based upon a conservative estimate of the current availability rates for women and minorities, can only be blamed on bias in some departments against the top scholars when they happen to be women or minorities. This bias directly affects the students at Harvard-Radcliffe. We rely upon Harvard to provide a Faculty and set of course offerings that can give us the best education possible, and we have been disappointed...